The precise meaning of “Pretty good”? Good, to an imprecise degree. I wouldn't say it has a flavour of sarcasm, but a flavour of “more or less”. So when you answer “good” then everything is well and truly definitely good but when you say “pretty good” you're just less than sure about the well and truly definitely part. “Pretty good” is more non-committal.
adverbs - What is the precise meaning of "Pretty Good"? - English ...
What is the difference between using "pretty bad" and "pretty good" in this kind of slang context? It seems to be more of an American English quirk. Looks like you hurt your leg pretty bad L...
american english - "Pretty good" vs. "pretty bad" - English Language ...
Speaking-wise, the difference between [ PRETTY good ] and [ pretty GOOD ] is the stress. I wonder would it convey a different feeling when people say [It's PRETTY good] and [It's pretty GOOD]
However, many Americans do say: I did pretty good on the test. which is, of course, grammatically incorrect because good is an adjective. Adjectives are only used to modify nouns. So, what we have here is called a colloquialism—something that's accepted in spoken language because of its widespread use despite the fact that it's grammatically ...
Is there a single word that can replace pretty good? Example - This book is pretty good. Is there a way to shorten it?
sentence construction - Using one word for Pretty good - English ...
I would not use the following combinations: pretty amazing quite large rather good There're also the words pretty and fairly and of course we say "pretty good" instead of quite good/rather good. Is there any grammar rule that states which word to select to give strength to an adjective without depending on the adjective for no appearant reason?